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No. 319,08l.- Patented June 2,.1885L lhnTno STATES PATENT @rrrbs.

HENRY EVESSON, OF HEMPSIEAD, NEW' YORK.

CHICKEN HOUSE.

SPECIFIGAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,031, dated June 2, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY Evnsson, of Henipstead, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemcntsin Chicken-Houses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference beinghadtotheaccompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to chicken-houses; and it consists, first, in the combination of four separate and distinct ohickenhouses, which are placed end to end, with the sections which are to be fastened to the end of each one of the four houses, so as to form a square framework upon which the gable or root to the central feed-room is built; second, in the arrangement and combination of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to connect four separate chickenhouses together so as to form a feed-room in the center, and thus enable the operator to feed the chickens in all four of the houses from the same point.

Figure 1 is a plan View of four chickenhonscs connected together. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are ver' tical sections of one of the houses taken at right angles to each other. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the frame upon which the roof of the feed-room is built. Fig. 6 is a perspective of a chicken'honse complete.

The four houses A, which are connected together as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, will be I so as to allow the frames to be readily removed at any time. These four frames D form a solid frame, the top of which is slightly above the level of the roofs of all four of the houses, and upon this frame-work thus constructed is buiit the gable-roof E, which covers the feedrooin alone. All of the parts of the four houses will be secured together by means of hooks, and the four houses then hooked together, so that at any time the houses may be separated and then taken apart or removed to some other point. This feed-room C, be ing formed in the center of the four houses, enables a person to keep the feed at a point from which he can feed thechickens in all four of the houses with the greatest possible ease and convenience. Each house will be provided with a, yard of its own, and thus enable different varieties of f owls to be kept. Inside of each house a row of nests, 15, will be arranged along one side, and over these nests will be placed the wide shelf G, for the purpose of protecting the nests from the droppings of the chickens upon the roosts H. To one side of the center of the chicken-house is arranged a suitable slat-work, I, which extends from one end of the house to the other, and which is supported in any suitable manner at its ends above the row of nests J. Over these nests is secured a second wide board. G, which serves to protect the nests from the droppings of the chickens on the roosts H. Nhen the hens are setting, the nestsJ are moved back beyond the slat-work. By means of this construction the setting hens can be kept separate from the other fowls. Entrance is had from the feed-room or from the outer ends of the buildings through the two doors LN. The doorNg-ives access upon one side of the slat-work and the door L gives access upon the other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination of the four chickenhonses secured together at their inner ends so as to form a middle room or chamber, with the frames D, which are applied to the inner end of each one of the houses, and the roof or covering E, which is built upon the tops of the frames, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the four houses so cured together at their inner ends for the purpose of forming a central room or chamber, with a roof or covering for this central chant her, which is supported upon the inner ends of the four houses, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HENRY EVESSON.

XVit-nesses:

T. L. TUXBURY, J. O. STEELE. 

